linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: clocksource/clockevent driver for Synopsys dw_apb

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1103311719420.22418@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:33:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: clocksource/clockevent driver for Synopsys
 dw_apb_timer

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Jamie Iles wrote:

> This patch adds a driver for the Synopsys DesignWare APB timer block
> found in some ARM systems.  This uses the timers with an IRQ as a
> clockevents device and a timer without an IRQ as a clocksource
> device.

Interesting. That's probably the same thing as:

     arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c

So if we merge that thing, then we should make sure, that we can
replace the x86 one with it.

Thanks,

	tglx
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